I needed a bacon omelette chaser and a couple coffees this morning, but I'm doing great now.

For all of you in need of some vicariousness, here's a short run-down of the evening. (click here for a map)

Tom and I met around 5pm at (A on map) Old Dominion Brewhouse and had a beer and some beer tasters, hot wings, and sushi. We then walked to (B on map) Churchkey, where we could have stayed all night. We had too many tasters to properly recall. (Get a load of their draft list!) So many different styles and all of them lovely. Only one of mine was so-so. We also ordered some sweetbreads, tater tots, and each had a salad. All the food was wonderful.

I only have one picture from the evening. This is before the food started coming at Churchkey:

After Churchkey, we walked to (C on map) Pizzeria Paradiso where we both started with a Geants Goliath Tripel, shared a couple fantastic 8" pizzas, and had our last beers of the night, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy.

Good times. Good times.

_________________________I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

Trader Joe's used to carry "Old Australian Stout" in 25 oz bottles at a really reasonable price (was it a $1.29 or so?). Not a great beer, or my favorite stout, but a good beer at a good price.

They used to have all kinds of deals on weird beers that you would never see anywhere else. In high school I used to buy another Aussie brew, Kangaroo Beer?, at TJ's. Not a connoisseur's selection, but plenty good for developing palates on a budget.

Blue Moon, Grand Cru. I like Blue Moon for a day to day drinker (yes, I know it's from Coors...), so I thought I'd see what they would label Grand Cru. Basically, it's just like Blue Moon--drinkable, but nothing special. Had some nice notes, but I'm glad I didn't pay that much for it.